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issAcHAn A. HEALD, or WAsHiNGToN, DISTRICT or coLnMBIA.

13mm Patent No. 86,541, dem' Fama@ 2, lata ,creen-MACHINE.

vThe Schedule referred to in these Lettere Patent and making part of theTo all whom it may conce/m:

Be it known that I, IssAcHAn A. HEALD, of Washington, in the county ofWashington, and District of Gclumbia, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cigar-llachines; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had tothe accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, likeletters indicating like parts wherever they occur.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invention, Iwill procneed to describe it.

My invention relates .to machines for making cigars, and consists incertain improvements upon the machines heretofore patented to me, theimprovements in this case relating mainly to 'the manner of support?jing the rolls which form the filler or body of the cigar, and tovarious devices for putting on the wrapper of Athe cigar.

The drawings, from Figure 3 to Figure 13, inclusive, exhibit myimprovements in detail. l

In this machine, the body of the cigar-is formed by rolling it betweenthree fluted rolls, D, shown morel clearly in Figure 2.

Heretoforc, these rolls have been supported by bearings, either at oneor both ends, in which cases it was impossible to bring the deviceswhich formed the point and cut oif the end of the cigar, into therequired position to operate successfully.

To obviate these diculties, I now support the rolls D by a singlebearing at their centre, as represented in figs. 2, 4, and 6.. y

The rolls are mounted on a bearing, E, attached rigidly to the end ofhollow arm, B, in each of which there is a rotating shaft, a, the threearms B, with their shafts, being located concentiically about the sha ofwheel 0*, on which is a pinion, that imparts motion to each of saidshafts a. e

The support F is attached .to the end ofthe arm B, andis made ofsuflicient size at that point to enclose the pinion don the end of theinternal shaft c, as shown in iigs. 4 and 6, the latter being-a sectionon the line :ic-a: of fig. 4.

The support F extends from,thence downward, far enough to form, at itsopposite end, a circle, corresponding in size with the size of the rollD, and projecting from each'side, is a journal, g, to formi a bearingforthe roll D, as shown in fig; 6, this journal having a hole boredthrough it longitudinally, to permit a shaft, f, to'be inserted, andhaving a cavity formed at its centre, to permit a pinion, e, to bemounted on the shaft jl The rolls I) are formed in two parts, one partbeing slipped on to .each projecting' end of the sha-it f, to which itis rigidly secured by a nut, h, located in a recess in the outer end ofthe roll, as shown in fig. 6.

It will thus be seen that the piece F,withits hub g, forms a support orbearing for the shaft f, to which the roll D is'secured, and alsoencloses the pinions d and c, by which motion is 'imparted to the rolls,the rolls being thus supported at their centre only, leaving their endsfree and unobstructed, Iso that the socket for forming the pcint,and thedevices for applying and pasting the wrapper, can be brought in 'closecontact at one end, and the devices for feeding in the wrapper, and theknife for cutting off the eudof the cigar, can be brought close upto therolls at the opposite end.

Upon an arm or rod, O, in front of the rolls D, I locate a frame, E,this frame havinglits front surface composed of a series of smallrollers, it, as shown in figs. S and 4, with a larger roller, i, at the.bottom of the series, these rollers all extending beyond the frame E,

at the right-hand side, and terminating with a pinion, I

which engages in internal gear on awheel, L, mounted on the arm O, therebeing a pinion, n, on a sleeve,W,' mounted on this arm O, which impartsmotionAto the roller t' by means of an intermediate gear, o, the rolleri, in turn, giving motion to the wheel L.

Motion is communicated from the pinion c, that opferates the lower rollD, through an intermediate pin-- ion, 1to the sleeve W, as shown in fig.4.

Around the rollers k and 'i is stretched an endless apron, G, anddirectly over this, near the inner edge of frame E, I locate tworollers, J, around which extends either a series of bands, or an endlessapron, I,

with its under surface resting upon the apron G, as`

represented in g."4; and from the rear one of these rollers J 'thereextends back, a short distance, a permanent table, H,'which is securedat each end to the frame E, with its inner edge being close to thelapron G, this table H serving to receive the wrapper when it is to befed into the machine.

.Upon the sleeve W, outside of the wheel L, is placed another wheel, K,which is provided with a feather, so as to admit of its being moved toor from the wheel L, and at the same time revolve therewith.

0u the inner side of this-wheel K, near its periphery, is secured aseries of bristles, m, thus .forming an annular brush, the object ofwhich is to assist in feeding the wrapper in and around the point of thecigar.

Upon the extreme end of. the arm yO, outside of the wheel K, is securedan arm, X, iigs.' 2 and 3,'which extends out beyond the periphery ofthewhe'els L and K, and there has attached to it an inwardly-projectingarm, Z, to which is secured the socket or header, w, that forms thepoint of/the cigar. `(See fig. 3.)

In the upper end ofthe arm Z, I locate a pulley,

having a bevelpinion onl the innerl end of its shaft, which connectswith a similar gear on the upper end of theA shaft of' a conicalrotating former, which is 10- eated directly'over the socket wto assistin forming the point and applying the wrapper,'a cord, u, fig.3,transmitting motion from wheel K to these parts, through the pulleyabovefrnentioned.

Around this same 'wheel K,there extends' also an elastic belt,vll[,`which .passes over a fixed pulley, A,

in front, (see fig. 3,) which raises the belt clear of the wheel M atthat point, to permit the end 'of the wrapper to be readily insertedunder it, and be caught belease being regulated by lever lr, which maybe operated sooner or later, as desired.

The frame E, with the wheels L and K, and the arms X and Z, withthesocket w, with all their belts and attachments, are arranged to swingback away from the rolls D, and then be shoved slightly to the right,there being a feather or lug on the frame E, that works, in a slot inthe arm O, which prevents the frame from falling over beyond a certainvpoint, and which also prevents it from being swung up to therolls D,until returned to its proper position to the left.

The periphery of the wheel L is made convex on the side next to theframe E, as shown in fig. 5, so as to correspond in form with the' pointof the cigar.

Underneath this wheel is suspended, on an arm, a dish, for holdingpaste, in which is a revolving brush, N, drivenl by a belt,which passesaround sleeve `W, this dish and brush being held constantly in the sameposition,'so that, when the `wheel L, with' the frame E, is moved to theleft,.the brush N is brought in contact with the concave portion ofwheel L, by which it applies paste to the same, which, in turn, as itrevolves, applies it to the vend of the wrapper, as the -latter is -fedforward and around the point of the cigar, the wheel L being removedfrom contact with the brush N,`when the frame E is thrown back, andmoved to the right,- as previously described. y

The outer wheel K, as previously stated, is placed loosely on the sleeveW, and is held up to wheel L by a spiralspring, l", so that it may bemoved away from the sameby the hand, whenever it is desired to apply thewrapper, it being shoved off far enough'to permit the end of the wrapperto be inserted between the end of the bristles m and the adjoining faceof wheel L, when the spring l" forces it back against L, thereby holdingthe end of the wrapper securely, and carrying it along tothe ller, theobject of the bristles being to take h old on the .wrapper withouttearing it.

I will here state, however, that when the belt M is used for feeding inthe wrapper, the bristles are not used; and, in that case, the wheel Kmay be dispensed with, the wheel L being made enoughv wider to carry thebelt M-a'nd cord u, if the latter be used.

In order to apply the wrapper more perfectly at tue large end of thecigar, I mount upon the machine, opposite the end of the rolls D, at thelleft hand, a sliding frame, A', the same being-shown in plan, anddetached, in iig. 7.

In this frame'A are vmounted the devices used for carrying the wrapperaround the large end of the cigar,

and the mechanism that operates-these devices.

`The frame is placed directly over the central shaft Tf, .onwhich ismounted the wheel 0*, that imparts motion `to the rolls D, and on theopposite end of this shaft Tf',. just tothe left of the frame A', aresecured two pinions, 'i' and j', the latter gearing into a loose pinion,g', which is used for the purpose of reversing the motion of thedevices, as hereinafter explained. i

'In the sliding frame A is mounted a sliding shaft, h", which has on itsleft end a pinion, h', arranged to gear into thepinions i and g', andhear its right-hand end, a wide-faced pinion, o', which gears into apinion, p', on a hollow shaft, p", which shaft also carries anotherpinion, y, (see fig'. 9,) which pinion q imparts motion directly topinions s' and fr', and through intermediate pinions t'. and u', topinion o', arranged around it, as shown in g. 9.

Each of these pinions s', /r, and fu', is mounted on separate shafts,which project through'the right-hand end of frame A', andhave on theirprojecting ends corresponding pulleys s, fr, and c", around which, andthe end of shaft p, an elastic belt, b', is placed, as shown in g. 8.

The parts are so arranged that the end of this shaft p shall comedirectly opposite the end of the cigar, when the latter is in its placebetween the rolls D.

'Ihe end of this shaft p is made cup-shaped, and the shaft slides on astationary centre-rod, n', as described in my former patent. When theiiller is being rolled, its end enters the socket in the end of shaftp", where it remains while/the wrapper is being applied.

With these devices, thus arranged, it will be seen that the wrapper o,fig. 8, as it is fed forward between the apron G and belts I, will bepresented to the under surface of thel front part of belt b', directlyunder pulley fv, and will thus be carried by the belt b around thecigar, which, as before stated, has its end resting in the` socket'orcup-shaped end of shaft p".

As it is necessary to reverse the motion of the belt 7)', to release thepiece of wrapper held by it after the end of the cigar is finished bybeing cut off square, I arrange the shaft 71,,which, as alreadydescribed, drives the pulleys` that carry-thebelt b', so that it can bemoved lengthwise in its bearings, by means of a leve'r, C', pivoted to astud, R', attached, rigidly to the main frame, as shown in iigs. 7` and10.

' This shaft Wis provided with shoulders at each end, so that, after ithas been moved a certain distance, the shoulders, one or the other, willcome in contact with the end-pieces of the frame A', and will therebycarry the lentire frame, with all lits fixtures, along with it, asindicated by the blue and red lines in fig. 7.

vThe shaft h" is thus arranged to occupy three diii'erent positions:First, whenthrown to the extreme right,

its pinion h is entirely out of gear with the-pinion i',

in which case all the mechanism in frame A and the belt b' will remainstationary. When the lever O' is moved .to the position indicated by thered line, iig.'7, the shaft h will be thrown to the left far enough tocause its pinion h to engage with the pinion i', which will cause thebelt'b' to move in the direction indicated by the black arrow, fig. 8,which is the position of the release the end `of the wrapper that hasbeenpreviously cutoff, and cause it to be run back out of the way, bythe reverseomovement of the belt b'.

To assist in removing this detached fragment of the wrapper, I secure ablade, lo', permanently tothe main frame, under the sliding frame A', asshown in figs. 7 .and 10,- and have its free end protrude in front ofthe shaft p, as represented in figs. 8 andi), its length being such thatwhen the frame A' is shoved back away from the rolls D, as described, itwill stand even with the belt b', and, as the reversed motion of thebelt feeds ont the fragment of wrapper, the end of the blade being closeup to the end of the cigar that has been cut oif, engages under the lapor edge of the leaf, and insures its unwinding, and being released landfed out by the belt b.

In the lower left-hand corner of the main frame, I mount two cylinders,U and T, one being a plain, smooth cylinder, and the other cylinder, T,having arranged around it a series of knives, Bf, as represented infigs. l2 and 13, for the purpose of cutting out the wrappers.

This cutting-device was fully described in my former patent, and neednot therefore be further described herein, the only improvement, in thisinstance, consisting of the arranging of them on a cylinder, andapplying the pressurecylinder U, so as to perform the cutting by simplypassing the leaf `or other material used for wrappers through betweenthe cylinders, as represented in iig. l2.

The frame E, andthe rod or armO which supports it, being attached to thearm that supports the front roll D, would, by its weight,tend to throwthese parts y down, and thereby displace the front lower roll D. r.Iattach to these parts, on the opposite side of the machine, a weight,which counterbalances their weight, and thus permits the front roll D toretain its proper position, notwithstanding the weight of frame E andyits attachments.

The filler is placed between the rolls D by throwing the two front rollsapart, and the finished cigar is released by throwing the two lowerrolls apart, the rolls D all having their supporting-arms B'pivotedconcentrically to a common centre, as described in my former feed on thewrapper, when frame E is thrown back,

and secured in position by a catch, thereby bringing the socket forforming the pointed Vend into action.

The wrapper, having been previously cut to the desired form, is laid onthe table H, when it is fed forward between the apron G and belts I, andAis carried forward around the large end of the cigar or filled by thebelt b, the wrapper being wound around the ller spirally, the other endbeing caught under belt M, and

carried along, it receiving paste at the same time from contact with theconvex portion of wheel L, this end of the wrapper being released as itarrives at the point where it is smoothed down and iinished by thesocket w.

The rotary cutter is then raised far enough to cnt off the large end ofthe cigar, when it drops back to itsposition. The frame E is releasedand thrown back, and the lower rolls D pressed apart, and the cigardrops out. At the same time the slidingframe A is thrown to the left,thereby reversing the motion of beltb, which, with the assistance ofblade k', unrolls and throws out the end of the wrapper that had beencut off, the sta tionary rod n at the same time pushing out of thecupshaped end of shaft p the `portion of the iller that had been lefttherein when the cigar was finished by cutting it on.

.The sliding frame A is then thrown forward again, and the operationrepeatedfas before.

Having thus described my invention,

What .I claim, is-

1. The rolls D, supported and driven at their centres only, therebyleaving them free at both ends, substantially as described.

2. Applying paste tothe end of a, cigar-wrapper, by means of a revolvingwheel, substantially as described.

3, The rotary brush N, when arranged to supply paste to the wheel L,substantially as set forth.

4. Feeding a cigar-wrapper to its filler, or core, by means of theendless aprons or belts Gr and I, arranged to operate substantially asdescribed.

5. Feeding or guiding that end of the wrapper that covers the pointedend ofthe cigar, by means of the belt M, arranged to operate as shownand described.

6. 'lhe belt b', arranged to operate as herein described, for guidingand feeding the wrapper around the large end of the cigar, asdescribed.

7. The combination of the stationary blade k and the belt b', with itsmotion reversed, for removing the portion of the wrapper that is eutoff, substantially as herein set forth.

' S. The wheel K, with its brush m, arranged to operate substantially asdescribed, for holding and guid- .ing the wrapper upon `the body of thecigar.

9. The arrangement of the cutters It* on a cylinder, T, in combinationwith the pressure-cylinder` U, for cutting out cigar-wrappers,substantially as herein de scribed'.

ISSAGHAR A. HEALD.

Witnesses:

J MGKENNEVY, W. C. Dones.

